On review of this incident it was a tough call against the Broncos. After the Rabbitohs had made a long break, referee Ashley Klein saw the attacking player attempt to get to his feet only for him to fall back down. From Klein’s sightline, it appeared Brisbane’s Jack Reed had pulled the player down to slow the speed of the play-the-ball. As soon as Klein had blown the penalty, he had no choice but to sin-bin Reed, as it looked like a professional foul to stop the Rabbitohs from a try-scoring situation.

Why didn’t the referee go to the video at the end of the first-half, it looked like Jamie Soward was going to race the length of the field to score?

Jamie Soward touches the ball and it travels forward into a Manly player, before bouncing back for Soward to regather. This constitutes a knock on, which is a correct call. All officials called it at once.

COWBOYS v SHARKS

Was the no-try ruling against the Sharks a similar incident to the try Jason Nightingale scored?

The reason why the try was not awarded to the Sharks was because Todd Carney interfered with the defender James Segeyero whilst he was trying to stop John Morris from scoring. This is called a driver and is the correct call.